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CVE-2013-2207
Published: Oct 9, 2013
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.
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References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
x_refsource_CONFIRM
55113
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SU-2015:1424
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
[libc-alpha] 20130812 The GNU C Library version 2.18 is now available
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
SUSE-SU-2016:0470
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2985-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201503-04
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
MDVSA-2013:283
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-2985-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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